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How ADX Florence actually works, according to a former supermax inmate

Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado. ADX is often described as the US's most restrictive prison, and it houses some of the most noto...

6dBusiness InsidercrimeImpact

Tanzania: Inside Mwanza's deadly post-election crackdown

What happened in Tanzania during the unrest that followed the October election remains unclear. New evidence points to killings and grave human rights abuses by security forces in the second largest c...

Jan 14Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact

US visa freeze begins for 26 African countries

In tonight's edition, the US puts a pause on the processing of permanent residency visas for applicants from 75 countries, including 26 African ones. Also, Nigerian police walk back on earlier denials...

9hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

EU prosecutor: Third of VAT fraud cases linked to Slovakia

The EU's most senior prosecutor told Slovak MPs that a staggering one in three VAT fraud cases investigated by her office has links to Slovakia. How can such fraud flourish in Slovakia and is it a new...

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Japan: Assassin of ex-PM Shinzo Abe jailed for life

The man who shot ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun in 2022 is due to spend his life in prison. The killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, said his actions were fueled by anger over the controversial Unifi...

23hDeutsche WellecrimeImpact

US authorities accuse a Canadian man of posing as airline staff to fly for free hundreds of times on US airlines

Jim Young/REUTERS A Canadian man identified as Dallas Pokornik was charged with impersonating airline staff. Federal prosecutors allege Pokornik used fake airline IDs to fly hundreds of times for free...

1hBusiness InsidercrimeImpact

Germany: Unjustly jailed man gets €1.3 million compensation

The Bavarian state is to give over €1 million to a man who spent 13 years in jail on murder charges that were overturned. Prosecutors had previously called for him to pay for board and lodgings in jai...

Jan 14Deutsche WellecrimeImpact

Australia deports Malaysian man caught with child sexual abuse material

A 26-year-old Malaysian has been deported from Australia after border authorities found over 100 images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his mobile phone. The man arrived in Sydney and was sel...

2hSouth China Morning PostcrimeImpact

‘No reliable evidence’ Taipan bakery chain can settle debts: Hong Kong judge

A Hong Kong judge has said his decision to order the winding-up of bakery chain Taipan’s parent company is due to there being “no reliable evidence” that the business can settle its outstanding rent o...

19hSouth China Morning Posteconomics

Corsican separatist's assassination sparks shock on French island

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

The Alexander brothers head to trial this week on sex-trafficking charges. Here's what's at stake.

Brothers Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander were arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2024. J Grassi/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The Alexander brothers will stand trial on federa...

3dBusiness InsidercrimeImpact

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

A complete timeline of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's feud and lawsuits

Blake Lively; Justin Baldoni Lia Toby/Getty Images, James Devaney/Getty Images Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against her "It Ends With Us" costar Baldoni and accused him of a smea...

10hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...

6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

The Atlantic, Penske, and Vox Media have all sued Google for antitrust violations

Lawsuits seeking damages from Google's illegal ad tech monopoly are piling up following the Justice Department's successful antitrust case . Vox Media, The Verge's parent company, is the latest in a w...

Jan 14The VergeeconomicsImpact

Marine Le Pen aiming to win appeal trial on "technicality rather than emotion"

French ‍far-right leader Marine Le ​Pen softened her tone while answering judges' questions during her appeal trial in ⁠Paris but denied wrongdoing, after being barred from public office over a convic...

19hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Protesters disrupt Minneapolis church service where ICE field director is pastor

"Any violation of federal law will be prosecuted," Attorney General Bondi posted in an online response....

2dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

DeadLock Ransomware Using Polygon Smart Contracts to Evade Detection

The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks....

6dDecryptTechnologyImpact

US justice department says it is not investigating ICE agent over shooting

Democratic mayor and governor made subject to federal probes amid protests in Minnesota over killing of Renee Good...

3dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Trump threatens to deploy military to Minnesota after ICE shooting

Tensions remain high in the state following last week’s killing of a protester by a federal immigration agent...

6dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact
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